Moreno and colleagues [15] drew attention to the fact that nematodes offer a promising possibility for assessing changes in community structure, due to their high structural and functional diversity.
Furthermore, she says, it is not a simple changing index of biodiversity but specific changes in community structure that are critical to the outcome.
Clarke, K. R. Non-parametric multivariate analyses of changes in community structure.
Clarke, K. R. Non-parametric multivariate analysis of changes in community structure.
Treatment of agriculture soil with atrazine is shown to induce significant changes in community structure and functional performances.
General and nematode-specific diversity indices, as well as multivariate redundancy analysis were used to assess changes in community structure.
Despite significant effects on microbial community functional attributes in Dimilin-treated microcosms, there were no detectable changes in community structure in terms of metabolic profiles or bacterial abundance.
However, the depth of water that remained in the disturbed pits decreased with time, and correlated with the temporal changes in community structure.
Our study shows profile of diversity inferring metabolic profile, which may elucidate the mechanisms underlying changes in community structure in situ mining sites in Brazil.
Changes in community structure were small at higher taxonomic levels, but strong at the operational taxonomic unit (OTU) level but for a small subset of taxa.
